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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Emerg Ment Health. 2013;15(4):255–265.

Table 4.

Multivariable-adjusted* mean (SE) sleep quality scores by occurrence and frequency of traumatic events and sex.

Men
Women^
Traumatic Event N Sleep
Quality
Score
Sleep
Disturbance
Score
Sleep
Duration,
Hours
Sleep
Latency,
Minutes
N Sleep
Quality
Score
Sleep
Disturbance
Score
Sleep
Duration,
Hours
Sleep
Latency,
Minutes
Shooting of another officer
 No 240 1.4 (0.0) 1.2 (0.0) 6.1 (0.1) 23.8 (1.1) --
 1 time 17 1.0 (0.2) 1.2 (0.1) 6.1 (0.3) 19.0 (4.2) --
 2-5 times 11 1.8 (0.2) 1.6 (0.2) 5.8 (0.4) 22.9 (5.1) --
p-value ** 0.024 0.022 0.40 0.87
Abused children
 No 97 1.4 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 6.2 (0.1) 23.9 (1.8) 38 1.3 (0.1) 1.5 (0.1) 6.3 (0.2) 21.9 (3.1)
 1-2 times 53 1.3 (0.1) 1.1 (0.1) 6.1 (0.2) 22.0 (2.4) 15 1.2 (0.2) 1.2 (0.2) 6.4 (0.3) 21.4 (4.8)
 3-5 times 59 1.4 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 5.9 (0.2) 24.8 (2.2) 23 1.5 (0.2) 1.3 (0.1) 6.1 (0.3) 24.4 (3.9)
 6-10 times 38 1.3 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 6.0 (1.9) 23.7 (2.8) 16 1.5 (0.2) 1.3 (0.1) 5.7 (0.3) 20.8 (4.7)
 11+ times 21 1.2 (0.2) 1.1 (0.1) 6.5 (0.3) 19.4 (3.7) 11 1.8 (0.3) 1.5 (0.2) 5.8 (0.4) 26.5 (5.7)
p-value 0.29 0.48 0.50 0.42 0.050 0.78 0.08 0.57
Serious traffic accident victims
 No 99 1.3 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 6.3 (0.1) 23.4 (1.7) 40 1.4 (0.1) 1.4 (0.1) 6.3 (0.2) 22.5 (2.9)
 1-2 times 50 1.4 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 5.9 (0.2) 25.6 (2.4) 29 1.3 (0.2) 1.3 (0.1) 6.4 (0.2) 23.4 (3.4)
 3-5 times 64 1.5 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 6.0 (0.1) 20.1 (2.1) 14 1.6 (0.2) 1.6 (0.2) 5.7 (0.3) 16.8 (5.0)
 6+ times 37 1.3 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 6.2 (0.2) 22.6 (2.8) 15 1.6 (0.2) 1.3 (0.2) 5.7 (0.3) 26.7 (4.8)
p-value 0.90 0.59 0.98 0.44 0.33 0.70 0.032 0.75
Dead bodies
 No 49 1.3 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 6.2 (0.2) 21.5 (2.5) 24 1.4 (0.2) 1.4 (0.1) 6.2 (0.3) 25.5 (4.0)
 1-2 times 49 1.5 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1) 6.3 (0.2) 25.0 (2.5) 18 0.9 (0.2) 1.3 (0.1) 6.7 (0.3) 18.6 (4.4)
 3-4 times 81 1.3 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 5.9 (0.1) 23.5 (1.9) 24 1.5 (0.2) 1.5 (0.1) 5.9 (0.2) 18.8 (3.8)
 5-10 times 56 1.4 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 6.0 (0.2) 23.1 (2.3) 22 1.5 (0.2) 1.4 (0.1) 6.1 (0.3) 26.4 (4.1)
 11+times 34 1.3 (0.1) 1.1 (0.1) 6.3 (0.2) 24.1 (3.0) 14 1.8 (0.2) 1.3 (0.2) 5.6 (0.3) 25.1 (5.2)
p-value 0.95 0.74 0.76 0.71 0.040 0.77 0.048 0.64
*

Models were adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, and education.

**

p-values are from linear contrasts.

^

Cell sizes too small to report for the event ‘shooting of another officer’ in women.